The first half of the Bank of America 500 at Charlotte Motor Speedway was fairly uneventful.

Except for Brad Keselowski, who left pit road with his jack still under his car. Keselowski was penalized for the incident and had to return to pit road to serve the penalty and so his team could remove the jack.

The defending Sprint Cup champion wasn’t the only driver to have early trouble. Mark Martin, who is filling in for the injured Tony Stewart, blew an engine and fell out of the race.

Hendrick Motorsports dominated the early portion of the race, with Kasey Kahne and Dale Earnhardt Jr. sharing the lead. The only early-race drama was Earnhardt Jr. getting trash stuck on the grille of his car and having to give up the lead to use the air from the car of Kahne, his Hendrick teammate, to remove the debris.

The race featured just three caution flags in the first 172 laps — one for a crash by J.J. Yeley, one for Martin’s blown engine and one for debris.